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WooSox to present first Polar Park Job Fair Saturday & Sunday afternoons, February 20 & 21

January 26, 2021

Here is a link to the original story on the team's website.

More than 300 part-time positions will be filled in the coming months;

WooSox welcome all to learn about these opportunities in a virtual event;

Positions range from Ushers, Ticket Sellers, and Ticket Takers, to the Concessions Crew, Cleaning Crew, and Polar Park Ambassadors;

Details at woosox.com.

WORCESTER, MA — The Worcester Red Sox will present their first Polar Park Job Fair to recruit local potential part-time seasonal personnel, Saturday February 20, and Sunday, February 21, from noon to 4 p.m. each day. The virtual event will give prospective employees a snapshot of the various opportunities that the club will be offering in the coming months.

From Parking Attendants, Ushers, and Vendors to Ticket Sellers, Ticket Takers, and Merchandise Staff, to the Concessions Crew, Cleaning Crew, and Polar Park Ambassadors, this staff brings Worcester’s new ballpark to life.

A staff comprising more than 300 part-time members is needed to operate the ballpark during the season.

In addition to offering these fan-facing positions, the club will also be providing opportunities in facilities maintenance, videoboard and camera operations, and the actors who portray the club’s mascot. The Job Fair will provide more details about these areas of opportunity.

To participate, prospective staff members can visit woosox.com to provide information and to then receive registration information. The club will also welcome emails sent to [email protected] to answer those with particular questions.

“We have long looked forward to meeting the members of the Worcester community who would like to join the WooSox team,” said club President Dr. Charles A. Steinberg. “We seek a staff that reflects the best of Worcester. We are blessed to have arrived in a diverse, inclusive city whose multiculturalism bursts with civic pride. We hope to have a staff of which our city can be proud.”

“One of the many special things about the new Polar Park will be the familiar faces from Worcester working at the facility, creating their own memories, or building the foundation for a future career,” Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. said. “Providing job opportunities to many different people from in and around Worcester will add to the charm and appeal of the ballpark. This is particularly important as we emerge from a pandemic that has left many unemployed or in need of an extra income.”

“For many, these positions represent ‘Day One’ of their career in professional baseball,” Steinberg added. “Many of our full time staff have risen through this ‘farm system,’ whether by greeting fans, giving tours, or developing innovative content for the world to see. For others, it represents a second job, a summer job, or a working retirement. For all, your presence gives you a voice in our organization, and an opportunity to enhance the lives of so many in the City of Worcester, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and all of New England.”

Tagged as : Boston Red Sox, Employment Opportunities, International League, Massachusetts, Worchester Red Sox { }

Worcester Red Sox Create “The WooSox Foundation” to Benefit the City, the Region, and the Commonwealth

January 30, 2020

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Education to be first area of focus: Worcester Public Library and Worcester Public Schools to be first beneficiaries– WPL Foundation to receive $25,000 donation; Library to receive books to begin a “Baseball Book Nook”

WORCESTER, MA – As promised in the Community Benefits Agreement with the City of Worcester and the Worcester Community Labor Coalition, the Worcester Red Sox today announced the creation of the “WooSox Foundation” to benefit the people and the charities of the city, the region, and the Commonwealth.

The foundation’s first area of focus will be education, and two of the first beneficiaries will be the Worcester Public Library Foundation and the Worcester Public Schools.

The foundation will donate $25,000 to the library, and will also donate books from the personal libraries of the club’s Principal Owner & Chairman, Red Sox Hall of Famer Larry Lucchino, as well as Vice-Chairman and Worcester native Mike Tamburro, and club President Dr. Charles Steinberg. Each has amassed a collection in their more than 40 years in baseball. The books will begin a “Baseball Book Nook” at the library.

Worcester Public Schools middle schoolers will be eligible to become “WooSox Scholars,” another club commitment in the CBA. The program will provide college scholarships of $10,000 each to four academically talented students. The first recipients will be the Class of 2021, selected in this coming school year and announced at Polar Park in the spring of 2021.

The WooSox Foundation will also create and operate a variety of programs to benefit students at each grade level, from WooSox Mentors for elementary school students to Dream Careers presentations for high school students. The foundation will also present small stipends to teachers in a new “MVT” program for Worcester’s “Most Valuable Teachers.”

In addition, the WooSox will host “Worcester School Days” each year for at least the first five years, when every Worcester student from Kindergarten through 12th grade-more than 24,000 children each year-receive a ticket to a ballgame at Polar Park.

The foundation will also present programs that help students learn the international social significance of such baseball stars as Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, and the Red Sox’ own Luis Tiant, Pedro Martinez, and David Ortiz.

“We are eager to fulfill the obligations that we offered in the Community Benefits Agreement,” Lucchino said. “Establishing the WooSox Foundation and announcing that the Worcester Public Library and the Worcester Public Schools will be immediate beneficiaries begin that process and help us demonstrate our intense desire to be more than a ballclub. We commit to being active participants in this community and in its charitable life.”

Lucchino also established philanthropic foundations with the Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox, and expanded the depth and breadth of the PawSox Foundation.
“Our public library and our schools are vitally important in fostering the education and academic development of our youth,” said Worcester City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. “We thank the Worcester Red Sox and the generosity of the WooSox Foundation in supporting both our students and all those in the community that utilize our library.”

“Worcester’s biggest asset is its young people, and nothing is more important than educating our children,” said Harvard Professor and Worcester native Paul Reville, a former Massachusetts Secretary of Education and an advisor to the WooSox. “These Red Sox gifts to our students and our library not only strengthen education in this community, but signal that in Worcester, learning is the top priority.”

More information can be found on the newly-formed website WooSoxFoundation.org.

Tagged as : Boston Red Sox, Charitable Foundations, Education/Teacher Support, Honoring History, International League, Massachusetts, Scholarships, Supporting the Community, Ticket Donations, Worcester Red Sox { }

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